External swf wont stop playing sound

"Isn't that kinda the point of OOP?  Without nested functions you write the same code over and over."

Sorry, no -  nested functions are actually against everything OOP is about.

When someone uses nested functions it is a manifestation of a gap in understanding of meaning of Function as an object. Function (method) is an entity that is meant to execute only once it is called and seize to exist after it is accomplished its mission. This means, in particular, that all the objects declared inside function are lost (garbage collected). If one introduces something in the function that holds pointers to unrelated objects like nested functions and listeners that are impossible to remove - one opens huge memory leaks in addition to something that practically cannot be referenced/executed. Again, nested functions exist as long as their parent function is in the state of execution. Scope of any function is close to any scope outside of parent function.

In AS3 there is no multithreading and function calls are execute on first come - first serve basis.

Nested functions do not prevent redundancies.

"Other than increasing the chance of typos, how would writing the same code 5 different times help?"

Function needs to be written only once and called as many times as it is needed.

"Can you give me an example of a flash program that does things like wait for a swf to load that doesn't use nested functions?"

I cannot find any well written code that uses nested functions.

your code should be something like this:

var myloader:Loader;
function playMyMovie():void {
     myrequest = new URLRequest(myMovie);
     myloader = new Loader();
     myloader.load(myrequest);
     myloader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, movieLoaded);
}

function removeMovie(e:MouseEvent):void {
     myloader.unloadAndStop();
     exitBtn.visible =false;
     playingMovie=false;
}

function movieLoaded(e:Event):void {
     e.target.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, movieLoaded);
     stage.addChild(myloader);
     var mycontent:MovieClip = e.target.content;
     mycontent.x = 100;
     mycontent.y = 50;
}

Message was edited by: Andrei1

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